SPECIALLY PROGRAMMED COMPUTER PROCESSORS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF

摘要

In some embodiments, the instant invention provides an improved computer system programmed for searching which includes at least the following components: a specialized computer machine, at least one processor for executing a particular program code stored in a memory, where the particular program code is configured to perform the following operations upon the execution: obtaining business information regarding a plurality of businesses and a plurality of offerings offered by the plurality of businesses; generating a rating score for each business based on consumer ratings; associating each business with the rating score; and concurrently conducting a plurality of searches of the business information based on: business identifying search parameter(s) obtained from each consumer, a geographic indication, a plurality of ranked filtering criteria, a rating score filtering parameter.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method for electronic searching as claimed, comprising:
electronically storing, by at least one specially programmed computer processor, business information for a plurality of businesses in at least one dedicated database associated with the at least one specially programmed computer processor; wherein the business information for each business of the plurality of businesses comprises: a plurality of rating category scores, wherein each rating category score is associated with a corresponding rating category of a plurality of rating categories, wherein the plurality of rating categories comprise the following rating categories of: 1) service, 2) value, 3) ethics, 4) competence, 5) environment, and 6) price; wherein each rating category score in each rating category of the plurality of rating categories has been generated based, at least in part, on:
i) before allowing, by the at least one specially programmed computer processor, a particular first consumer of a first plurality of consumers to rate at least one business of the plurality of businesses:
a) automatically customizing, by the at least one specially programmed computer processor, a plurality of pre-qualification verification questions to be answered by the particular first consumer, wherein the customizing is based, at least in part, on at least one industry segment associated with the at least one business;b) transmitting, by the at least one specially programmed computer processor, via a computer network, the plurality of pre-qualification verification questions to a first computing device of the particular first consumer; andc) electronically receiving, by the at least one specially programmed computer processor, from the first computing device of the particular first consumer, pre-qualification verification responses to the plurality of pre-qualification verification questions; andd) determining, by the at least one specially programmed computer processor, based on the pre-qualification verification responses, that the particular first consumer is qualified to rate the at least one business of the plurality of business;ii) electronically receiving, by the at least one specially programmed computer processor, from the computing device of the particular first consumer, rating responses to at least one consumer rating survey for rating the at least one business, wherein the at least one consumer rating survey has a predetermined number of rating questions, wherein the rating questions are divided into a plurality of rating groups, wherein each rating group of the rating questions corresponds to a respective rating category of the following rating categories of: 1) service, 2) value, 3) ethics, 4) competence, 5) environment, and 6) price;iii) analyzing, by the at least one specially programmed computer processor, the rating responses based, at least in part, on predictive analytics to calculate or recalculate, for the at least one business of the plurality of businesses, each rating category score for the respective rating category of the following rating categories of: 1) service, 2) value, 3) ethics, 4) competence, 5) environment, and 6) price; electronically receiving, by a specially programmed computer processor, via at least one first specifically programmed graphical user interface (GUI), from a second computing device of a particular second consumer of a second plurality of consumers, a search query to identify at least one particular business from the plurality of businesses whose business information matches search criteria, wherein the search criteria comprise:
at least one searching term, characterizing at least one product, at least one service, or both offered by the at least one particular business; anda plurality of rating category score selections, wherein each rating category score selection identifies a value associated with the corresponding rating category of the plurality of rating categories, wherein the plurality of rating categories comprise the following rating categories of: 1) service, 2) value, 3) ethics, 4) competence, 5) environment, and 6) price; electronically outputting, by the at least one specially programmed computer processor, to the second computing device of the particular second consumer of the second plurality of consumers particular business data of the at least one particular business whose business information has matched the search criteria.